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Administrative Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ administrative jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights—for a better work-life balance. 3 new this week. Hiring companies include Syracuse University, University of Manchester, and George Washington University.

Schedules on this page

4-day weeks 2
9-day fortnights 2
compressed weeks 11
generous PTO 2
best places to work 2

Updated August 27, 2026

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IT Coordinator

15d

markThomas · Remote · California, USA

53 · Decent

Admissions Assistant

NEW

University of Manchester · Hybrid · Manchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work WeekPro · early access

Marketing Co-ordinator, Proms Publications

BBC · Hybrid · London, UK

80 · GreatCompressed Work Week£26k – £34k

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Grant Operations Officer

BBC · Hybrid · Salford, UK

80 · GreatCompressed Work Week£26k – £29k

OWRC Program Manager

NEW

University of Washington · Onsite · Seattle, WA, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$54k – $81k

OFFICE SPECIALIST

NEW

City of Stockton · Onsite · Stockton, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$57k – $78k

Plumbing Lecturer

16d

Grantham College · Onsite · Grantham, UK

83 · Great4 Day Work Week£43k

Customer Support Specialist (Apprenticeship)

1mo

Wonde · Hybrid · Newmarket, UK

82 · Great4 Day Work Week£17k – £27k

UME Program Associate, Neurology

George Washington University · Hybrid · Washington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

City Clerk

City of Huntington Park · Onsite · Huntington Park, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$126k – $153k

TLSE Assistant (Information Advice & Guidance)

14d

University of Manchester · Onsite · Manchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Administrative Assistant

23d

CERN · Hybrid · Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

64 · GoodGenerous PTOCHF 6k

Security Support (PERSEC)

23d

L3Harris Technologies · Hybrid · Rochester, NY, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Academic Support Coordinator (10 month)

23d

Syracuse University · Onsite · Syracuse, NY, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Development Coordinator

23d

Rice University · Hybrid · Houston, TX, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Assistant Director of Compliance

1mo

Syracuse University · Hybrid · Syracuse, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

UME Program Associate, Anesthesiology

1mo

George Washington University · Hybrid · Washington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

S2P Solution Associate Specialist

20d

Sanofi · Hybrid · Hyderabad, India

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Operations Executive

16d

Experian · Onsite · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Insurance Claims Facilitator

2mo

Goodlord · Hybrid · Lincoln, NE, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Administrative on this page include Syracuse University, University of Manchester, and George Washington University. Administrative roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Administrative is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Administrative roles span the full seniority range — we list 20 open roles requiring Administrative across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Administrative hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Administrative roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Administrative candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Administrative on current listings.